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PAPER FILE.

Patented Oct. 26,, 1886.

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J. PARK GROSBY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

.PAPER-FILE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I J. PARK .GRosBY, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new Improvements in Paper-Files; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clean-and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in v Figure 1, a perspective view of the file; Fig. 2, a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in paper-files, and particularly to that class in which an upright wire is arranged upon a base, and a second wire in rear of the first, which extends upward above the first wire, and is turned and bent downward, so thatits point will meet the point of the first Wire, and form substantially a continuous loop.

In the usual construction of this class of files one of the wires is hinged to the base to swing away from the other wire, so that papers may be placed on the file or removed. When only one of the wires is arranged to swing, it is often difficult to remove apaper from the wire.

The object of this invention is to arrange the wires so that both may yield, and so that when one is being pushed or pulled the other will be held stationary; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents a straight piece of wire, which is hinged to a base, B, and is constructed with a bevel-point, the bevel extending from the rear side upward.

G is a second wire, also hinged to the base B, the axis of the hinges of the wires being parallel, the wire 0 longer than the wire A, and the wire 0 at its upper end is bent in a plane at right angles to the axis of the hinges, over toward the wire A and downward, so that its extreme end meets theupper end of the straight wire A, its point beveled corresponding to the beveled point of the wire A, the bevel being from the outside of the straight wire A downward and toward theother wire, 0, and so that as the points stand together they form substantially a continuous wire. Upon the base stops D are arranged, against SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,691, dated October 26, 1886.

Application filed July 19, 1886. Serial No. 208.377. (No model.)

which both or the wires will strike when the points are together, and the two wires are connected by a spring, E, the tendency of the spring being to hold the wires against their respective stops.

To place a paper on the file, press the paper against the end of the wire 0 above the wire A, and so as to force the wire 0 backward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1. Then the end of the wire A is exposed to receivethe paper, and as soon as the paper is passed onto the wire A, the spring will return the wire 0 to its normal position. To remove the paper, draw it forward so as to pull the wire A from the wire 0, as indicated in broken lines, and so that the paper will slide from the wire, and then the wire, under the reaction of the spring, will return to its upright position.

If there are several papers on the file and it is desired to remove an under one, the papers above the one desired are first raised and passed over onto the wire 0, and then the desired'paper is removed by simply pulling upon it to draw forward the wire A, as before described.

I have described the file as constructed with one pair of wires, but it will be understood that there may be two or more pairs of wires, as shown, and corresponding wires of each pair may be connected at the base, so that moving one will move the other.

Instead of liinging' the wires upon the top of the base, as represented in Fig. 1, they may be hung in a recess in the under side of the base and extend up through the opening in the base, the opening being cut back from the wire, as indicated at a, Fig. 2, and so that the opposite side of the opening will form the.

stops D for the wire, the opening through the base permitting the wires to be pushed or pulled from each other, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 2.

I have described the file as the base standing in a horizontal plane. ward and downward, and backward and forward are used with this understandmg.

I am awarethatpaper-files have been made in which two pairs of wires have been arranged in parallel planes, one pair extending up from the base, terminatingin points, the other pair The terms upextending up from the base, their upper ends turned upward,over,and toward the other pair, so as to cover the points, and that in such files one of the pairs has been made stationary and the other of the pairs hinged. In some cases such stationary pair has been the pointed or shorter wires, and the curved or longer wires hinged. In others the curved or longer wires have been stationary and the shorter wires hinged; but I am not aware of a file in which both pairs of wires have been hinged to swing toward and from each other, combined with stops to arrest both when in their normal position, and with springs to hold the two hinged wires in such closed or normal posi tion, but yield for either to be turned from the other.

I claim- In a paper-file, the combination of the base B, the straight wire A, hinged to the base, a second wire, 0, also hinged to the base, the

axis of the hinges of the respective wires being parallel and adapted to permit either wire to be turned upon its hinge, one from the other, the said wire 0 longer than the wire A, its upper end bent in a plane at right angles to the axis of the hinge, over, toward, and down to meet the upper end of the straight wire A, the meeting ends of the said two wires beveled so as to overlap each other, and so that the curved upper end of the wire 0 stands above the end of the straight wire A, a stop against which. the said wires will rest when in their closed or normal position, and a spring to yielding] y support the said two wires against their respective stops and hold their ends in contact, substantially as described.

J. PARK CROSBY.

XVitnesses:

E. T. HURRY, CHAS. M. BARRETT. 

